Dennis 'INTERNETHULK' Hawelka had a successful playing career before moving into coaching. Dennis 'INTERNETHULK' Hawelka has passed away at the age of 30. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. Betting on Teams Based on Gold Management in Dota 2, Common Spells in League of Legends to Watch For, Four Parts of Any Call of Duty Team to Look For, Overwatch World Cup 2017 to Meet Expectations of Fans, USA Today Shuts Down Overwatch Wire Website, Overwatch League Teams to Require Geolocated Brands, Big News for CLG and Cloud9 Overwatch Teams. All of those who have been following Overwatch competitions are familiar with Dennis ‘Internethulk’ Hawelka and his contribution to the development of Overwatch competition in the entire world. Steve Arhancet and Victor Goossens, owners of Team Liquid, announced Hawelka's death in a statement on Twitter. World Ranking: #3264. Sometime later, the entire roster of this IDDQD would join Team EnVyUs organization and they will play under their flag. InternetHulk initially transitioned to League of Legends after being a Grandmaster in StarCraft II and Rank 1 World of WarCraft in Season 2, but only started playing more often 2 months before the end of … Dennis INTERNETHULK Hawelka was a German player who most famously played for Team EnVyUs during most of 2016 and the beginning of 2017 Former Team Liquid Overwatch coach Dennis “INTERNETHULK” Hawelka has passed away at the age of 30. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Name: Dennis Hawelka . Age: 33. Liquid Enterprises B.V.… https://t.co/sASpYa1gln". After ending his playing career, Hawelka then moved into coaching. He would go on to win APEX Season 1 and MLG Vegas 2016with the team in late 2016. Members of multiple esports communities have been sharing fond memories and heartfelt sympathies on social media and various subreddits. Alternate IDs: INTERNETHULK, Rmdx. Dennis 'INTERNETHULK' Hawelka has passed away at the age of 30. His first job as an Overwatch coach was in Team Rogue, a team that was one of the biggest opponents for Team EnVyUs while he was playing for the team. The largest amount of prize money awarded to INTERNETHULK from a single tournament was $12,452.89 from OGN Overwatch APEX Season 1 on December 3, 2016. Liquid's Overwatch team disbanded earlier this year, and since then he had been working as head coach for the League of Legends team. His 1st place finish makes up 31.09% of his total prize money won. Today, the entire world of eSports has been shocked by the news from the Overwatch competitions as it was revealed this morning that Dennis ‘Internethulk’ Hawelka has died at the age of 30. InternetHulk was also credited with helping discover a number of talents, many of whom played alongside him, including Jonathan Tejedor Rua (HarryHook), Timo Kettunen (Taimou), Sebastian Widlund (Chipshajen), Christian Jonsson (Cocco) and Pongphop Rattanasangchod (Mickie). However, once Team Liquid disbanded their Overwatch team, Internethulk became the coach for the organization’s League of Legends team. Text/code is available under CC-BY-SA.Licenses for other media varies. INTERNETHULK (or Hulk) was a key part and founder of the IDDQD core that was dominant in the early stages of Professional Overwatch. As mentioned before, the entire world of eSports is shocked by this news and the statements of support and encouragement for Internethulk’s family are coming from all sides of the world. Age: 33. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. This page was last edited on 24 September 2020, at 15:57. Germany. [5], From Leaguepedia | League of Legends Esports Wiki. I'm too old they said, back then i was 26, now im 29 pic.twitter.com/vnx0a2uGwc, — Dennis Hawelka (@INTERNETHULK) January 11, 2017. <3 im so happy!!! If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. siteads.queue.push( {"site":"kotaku","pagetype":"article","ad_type":"article","sec":"in-real-life","amp":false,"ctype":"article","article":"former overwatch pro and esports coach dies at age 30","article-tags":["compete","envyus","internethulk","league of legends","overwatch","team liquid"],"native":["null"],"aggregate":["compete","envyus","internethulk","league of legends","overwatch","team liquid"],"pageID":["null"],"sub-sec":"","cat":"in-real-life","cat1":"","item":{"objectid":844904,"title":"Former Overwatch Pro And Esports Coach Dies At Age 30","text":"Image credit: Khang Mai, EnVyUs<\/small> Team Liquid confirmed last night<\/a> that League of Legends<\/em> head coach and former Overwatch<\/em> coach Dennis \"INTERNETHULK\" ","url":"https:\/\/www.kotaku.com.au\/2017\/11\/former-overwatch-pro-and-esports-coach-dies-at-age-30\/","img":"https:\/\/www.kotaku.com.au\/content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/10\/pz92nqdw7falxorrjrh6.jpg","category":"In Real Life","published_at":1510419600,"updated_at":1600283070,"kind":"article"},"ad_location":"out-of-page-mobile","provider":"google-dfp","element_id":"ad-slot-out-of-page-mobile-1361111022","js_callback":"contentAds"} ); Those familiar with the Overwatch scene recognise his name and what he's accomplished as an individual and for the competitive scene in general. He was 30 at the time. In Overwatch, he founded the IDDQD team, a successful organisation which was eventually acquired by Team EnVyUs. In these past few months, Dennis was part of our day to day as much as we were part of his.'. This page was last edited on 30 September 2017, at 20:14. Team Liquid confirmed last night that League of Legends head coach and former Overwatch coach Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka died yesterday, at age 30.. … He would eventually go on to play for EnVyUs’ Overwatch squad before transitioning into coaching, spending time with a few teams before settling in at Team Liquid. 'Dennis became part of the Team Liquid Family back in June when he started coaching our Overwatch team. Everyone here at MailEsports would like to extend our deepest sympathies to Hawelka's loved ones at this time. In 2017, InternetHulk departed from EnvyUs at the end of his contract and coached Laser Kittenz, Rogue and then Team Liquid. Many circumstances about his death are still not known and nobody expects that anyone would be releasing those pieces of information. Players from different competitions are expressing their sadness and shock by this news which indicates that Internethulk was a very important to figure in the entire eSports industry and not only in Overwatch. His interests also include other forms of online gaming and sports in general. Page generated in 68.4340000153 milliseconds, Overwatch World Cup 2017 - Santa Monica Qualifier, http://wiki.teamliquid.net/overwatch/INTERNETHULK, http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Rmdx, http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/sc2-international/players/2551, Overwatch League 2020 - Playoffs - Grand Finals, Twitch Rivals: Call of Duty: Warzone Season 6 Showdown (NA), Twitch Rivals: Call of Duty: Warzone Season 6 Showdown (EU), Twitch Rivals: Fall Guys Fridays (Week 4) - NA, Vikkstar's Warzone Showdown: Grand Finals, King of Battles International Championship. 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